tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4192199024815760901Sun, 18 Nov 2018 07:10:14 +0000British War MedalVictory MedalWWIIWar MedalBWMWWIAustralian Service Medal 1939-451914-15 Star1939-45 StarPacific StarMemorial PlaqueDefence MedalVietnamAustralian Light HorseMentioned in DespatchesRAAFRANMilitary MedalduplicateBoer WarMIDQueen's South Africa MedalAfrica StarAir Crew Europe StarBritish Medal ForumFromellesMilitary CrossNZEFQSAWWI service record1914 StarAFCGallipoliImperial Service MedalRSLreplacementreplica10th Light Horse Regiment2nd AIF8th Light Horse RegimentAtlantic StarAustralian War MemorialBritish Empire MedalBurma StarCMGColour PatchesCourt mountingCroix de GuerreDCMDSCDSODog tagFrance and Germany StarGeneral Service MedalKBEKorean WarMSMMayor of St KildaNAANational Archives of AustraliaOrder of wearingRMCRoyal Australian NavySMS WolfSwing mountingTrioVCcopyfakeminiaturespost-nominalsrank abbreviationsLost Medals AustraliaHello and welcome to the Lost Medals Australia blog. On this blog I will tell the stories of our research and successes in returning lost medals to veterans of their families. I also hope that this blog will provide the best resource for understanding how to research Australian medals. If you need help please contacted me via email at <img src="http://safemail.justlikeed.net/e/8ef1735e18b1436e9f307ac7d110e72f.png" border="0" title="Email image created with safemail.justlikeed.net">http://lostmedalsaustralia.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Glyn Llanwarne)Blogger912125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4192199024815760901.post-6502890482778192632Mon, 12 Nov 2018 04:56:00 +00002018-11-12T15:56:18.852+11:00Thomas BiddleThe Grafton Box is really throwing up so interesting medals.<br />This is the second medal sent from the Grafton RSL awarded for Boer War service. The first was a Queen's South Africa Medal awarded to <a href="http://lostmedalsaustralia.blogspot.com/2018/08/trooper-tom-barnes-australian-horse.html">Trooper Tom Barnes</a> of the Australian Horse. This Queen's South Africa Medal, with five clasps, was awarded to 353 <a href="https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1443240">Trooper Thomas John Biddle</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_South_Wales_Mounted_Rifles">New South Wales Mounted Rifles</a>.<br />The NSW BDM and the electoral rolls gave me all the basic information: Thomas was born in 1875, he was married to Ethol McIntosh and died on 3 Feb 1957. Then I discovered a gold mine of information when I found Thomas' obituary on Trove. What this told me was that Thomas was a police officer who was posted to numerous stations around NSW. More importantly it gave me the names of Thomas' children. One daughter was Myraa (Mrs A Snow) of Mullumbimby NSW. The electoral rolls, which aren't available online after 1980, provided just one entry which gave me a clue to the next generation and this was the name of Myraa's son. This was Peter Snow and once again it was only one entry on the internet that confirmed for me was that Peter also lived in Mullumbimby. Even though Myraa died in 2004 there is still an entry in the White Pages for her. I took a punt and called the number to find that Peter is at the same address. Peter recognised his grandfather's name as soon as I mentioned it so all my assumptions proved to be correct. <br />The returned medal tally is now 2282.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3s_Qj6Y4TbI/W-kHKzn0tNI/AAAAAAAAFIU/CGW1ogvPSOIehy-_1nqOkT1a4cYjS8fVgCLcBGAs/s1600/Biddle1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1362" data-original-width="763" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3s_Qj6Y4TbI/W-kHKzn0tNI/AAAAAAAAFIU/CGW1ogvPSOIehy-_1nqOkT1a4cYjS8fVgCLcBGAs/s320/Biddle1.jpg" width="179" /></a><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Sr57zFXIe0s/W-kHLFlfA0I/AAAAAAAAFIY/qmWl0BhIVI4c4y83fyd60UKFsWCUXgihgCLcBGAs/s1600/Biddle2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1393" data-original-width="742" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Sr57zFXIe0s/W-kHLFlfA0I/AAAAAAAAFIY/qmWl0BhIVI4c4y83fyd60UKFsWCUXgihgCLcBGAs/s320/Biddle2.jpg" width="170" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5BvnQGm0Nb0/W-kHLMSAt2I/AAAAAAAAFIQ/wgscFe5Ca38OQRbW3LzZhFcplVcpVsz6gCLcBGAs/s1600/Biddle3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="312" data-original-width="1045" height="95" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5BvnQGm0Nb0/W-kHLMSAt2I/AAAAAAAAFIQ/wgscFe5Ca38OQRbW3LzZhFcplVcpVsz6gCLcBGAs/s320/Biddle3.jpg" width="320" /></a><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hMg7wmrrjWc/W-kHMCdlkDI/AAAAAAAAFIc/V0L4mEOPY-ImyMSfVW1JFKG8fj6NTTe9wCLcBGAs/s1600/Biddle4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="1296" height="94" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hMg7wmrrjWc/W-kHMCdlkDI/AAAAAAAAFIc/V0L4mEOPY-ImyMSfVW1JFKG8fj6NTTe9wCLcBGAs/s320/Biddle4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jVXDzHuboAs/W-kHiIQhL_I/AAAAAAAAFIs/idfe53UNV4MBhJPqDBVgPem7hs-RaCaxQCLcBGAs/s1600/Biddle5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="709" data-original-width="245" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jVXDzHuboAs/W-kHiIQhL_I/AAAAAAAAFIs/idfe53UNV4MBhJPqDBVgPem7hs-RaCaxQCLcBGAs/s320/Biddle5.jpg" width="110" /></a></div><br />http://lostmedalsaustralia.blogspot.com/2018/11/thomas-biddle.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Glyn Llanwarne)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4192199024815760901.post-6111039134224832486Sun, 11 Nov 2018 05:04:00 +00002018-11-11T16:04:24.037+11:001914-15 StarBritish War MedalMilitary MedalVictory MedalEric Fry MMOne of the surprises that I found in the Grafton Box was a Military Medal awarded to SJT Eric Rosewarne Fry. I thought that with that name the search would be on the easy side; how wrong was I?<br />Eric's WWI British medal card threw up all sort of complications. Firstly, Eric was a Sapper in the Divisional Engineers, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/63rd_(Royal_Naval)_Division">63rd (Royal Naval) Division</a>. His number was originally 149 but later changed to 207416. At some point Eric was reallocated to the Royal Engineers and awarded the Military Medal. I couldn't find the award citation or the date of the action but the London Gazette date is 22 Feb18.<br />Later in 1918 Eric was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 1st Reserve Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. The medal card indicates that Eric was also awarded the 1914-15 Star, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.<br />Then the search got difficult.<br />Eric was 24 when the war ended and at some point he married May Dickerson Foster. Eric died on 12 May 1957.<br />May remarried, this time to a US citizen, Carroll Milan. After that there was a gap of about 40 years in the records until, very much to my surprise, I discovered that May died in Sydney on 15 Oct 98. At least that explained how Eric's MM turned up in Australia.<br />My search then focused on Eric's brother Donald Bernard Fry. Though a tree I found on Ancestry I've been able to have a messaged passed to one of Donald's daughters and I'll soon send Eric's MM back to the UK. Nigel D from Chatham, Kent has been very helpful in this search and will also be the go between to return the medal.<br />The returned medal tally is now 2281 <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-T4U7T9SDfEg/W-exbNLUJ0I/AAAAAAAAFHw/C6NfGFmhCH8JckX9yBKUu_TU2lBOth7iwCLcBGAs/s1600/Fry1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1428" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-T4U7T9SDfEg/W-exbNLUJ0I/AAAAAAAAFHw/C6NfGFmhCH8JckX9yBKUu_TU2lBOth7iwCLcBGAs/s320/Fry1.JPG" width="229" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VSNjKNKSGoA/W-exa1VCzkI/AAAAAAAAFHs/1oJcqR-2GHIpsHQLpDZBpNA3SBHFcc1mwCLcBGAs/s1600/Fry2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1453" data-original-width="1140" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VSNjKNKSGoA/W-exa1VCzkI/AAAAAAAAFHs/1oJcqR-2GHIpsHQLpDZBpNA3SBHFcc1mwCLcBGAs/s320/Fry2.JPG" width="251" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-p_luNCxgbO4/W-exbWsNBuI/AAAAAAAAFH0/Y47sVHFfLNMZJ65QeX89CRgniwZ0tBkKQCLcBGAs/s1600/Fry3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="382" data-original-width="1074" height="113" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-p_luNCxgbO4/W-exbWsNBuI/AAAAAAAAFH0/Y47sVHFfLNMZJ65QeX89CRgniwZ0tBkKQCLcBGAs/s320/Fry3.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tOEWuFM5USs/W-exbq-bFSI/AAAAAAAAFH4/HMoi17vzeRM5ss0FOkDMJt4UXvOi_yvnACLcBGAs/s1600/Fry4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="264" data-original-width="963" height="87" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tOEWuFM5USs/W-exbq-bFSI/AAAAAAAAFH4/HMoi17vzeRM5ss0FOkDMJt4UXvOi_yvnACLcBGAs/s320/Fry4.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />http://lostmedalsaustralia.blogspot.com/2018/11/eric-fry-mm.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Glyn Llanwarne)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4192199024815760901.post-3481211738087969221Sun, 11 Nov 2018 04:14:00 +00002018-11-11T15:14:55.224+11:00Angus EadesTracking down <a href="http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?ServiceId=A&amp;VeteranId=816716">W43885 Angus Eades</a> proved to be a little difficult. I was confused at the start of this search as to why a man in his early 20s didn't enlist until 1942, had a 'W' rather than 'WX' number and was in the Labour Corps. With no other evidence, all I could think of was that Angus was in a protected occupation and his skills were required for the national effort at some point. &nbsp;<br />Angus did marry but I had to trace down a relative through his wife's family. I was hopeful that Angus ASM 1939-45 arrived with them prior to Remembrance Day.<br />Thank you to Bruce R who found the meal and forwarded it to me.<br />The returned meal tally is now 2280.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JWk_TZhyGeU/W-esX0wzW6I/AAAAAAAAFHc/wqrwTqW-dC4LHrbsKFAYw-TZNgX5oRn3gCEwYBhgL/s1600/Eades.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="215" data-original-width="803" height="85" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JWk_TZhyGeU/W-esX0wzW6I/AAAAAAAAFHc/wqrwTqW-dC4LHrbsKFAYw-TZNgX5oRn3gCEwYBhgL/s320/Eades.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rTG4joyp6eU/W-esX1I7lxI/AAAAAAAAFHY/SlDFvqIZJXs2Lm6N1yMbzEjQQNjvpkhlgCEwYBhgL/s1600/Eades2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="273" data-original-width="788" height="110" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rTG4joyp6eU/W-esX1I7lxI/AAAAAAAAFHY/SlDFvqIZJXs2Lm6N1yMbzEjQQNjvpkhlgCEwYBhgL/s320/Eades2.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br />http://lostmedalsaustralia.blogspot.com/2018/11/angus-eades.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Glyn Llanwarne)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4192199024815760901.post-2513744922706575339Mon, 29 Oct 2018 08:36:00 +00002018-10-29T19:36:55.602+11:00Jack PyersThe medals left to return from the Grafton box a getting fewer and fewer.<br />This time the medal is the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korea_Medal">Korea Medal</a> awarded to <a href="http://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/veteran?id=1214314&amp;c=KOREA#R">213649 John 'Jack' Henry Pyers</a>. Jack was a member of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3rd_Battalion,_Royal_Australian_Regiment">3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment and served in Korea from 28 September 1950 to 27 September 1951</a>. He was probably part of the original battalion deployment and may have seen fighting at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Chongju_(1950)">Chongju</a> in October 1950.<br />After the Korean War, Jack lived with his mother in Grafton and died in 1979. Jack had two brothers, one being Patrick. I have tracked down one of Patrick's sons and will be sending Jack's medal to him shortly.<br />The returned medal tally is now 2279.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1lToT7wpG0I/W9bGTE_gf5I/AAAAAAAAFG4/Im9qFuSkifUqYwZpzUSER1nn0bgYsaRqQCLcBGAs/s1600/Pyers1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1288" data-original-width="1019" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1lToT7wpG0I/W9bGTE_gf5I/AAAAAAAAFG4/Im9qFuSkifUqYwZpzUSER1nn0bgYsaRqQCLcBGAs/s320/Pyers1.jpg" width="253" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6CAc9FMejTY/W9bGThcceOI/AAAAAAAAFHA/iKhsDbapSGEhjdUHU0r6b6RZwiiVLMzcQCLcBGAs/s1600/Pyers2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1398" data-original-width="1046" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6CAc9FMejTY/W9bGThcceOI/AAAAAAAAFHA/iKhsDbapSGEhjdUHU0r6b6RZwiiVLMzcQCLcBGAs/s320/Pyers2.jpg" width="239" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GVfQXUn1F3g/W9bGTRgl0pI/AAAAAAAAFG8/05vC261FlX8mjdFL_Xi-IuCjMHbWqCCMwCLcBGAs/s1600/Pyers3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="193" data-original-width="892" height="69" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GVfQXUn1F3g/W9bGTRgl0pI/AAAAAAAAFG8/05vC261FlX8mjdFL_Xi-IuCjMHbWqCCMwCLcBGAs/s320/Pyers3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br />http://lostmedalsaustralia.blogspot.com/2018/10/jack-pyers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Glyn Llanwarne)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4192199024815760901.post-4959433665008026417Mon, 29 Oct 2018 07:59:00 +00002018-10-29T18:59:23.021+11:00William Kearns<br />We receive requests for assistance from many directions. This particular search request came from the Yeppoon RSL. Kay, the Sub-Branch secretary, had received a set of medals which had been stolen then recovered with some other medals.<br />The solider in question was <a href="http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?ServiceId=A&amp;VeteranId=667047">SX3447 William Archibald Kearns</a> who was born in 1916 and died in 1952. His NOK was listed as Rachel Kellaway which threw me for a bit but after a lot of head scratching I worked out that William was the son of Richard Kearns and Rachel Anne Bell. After Richard died, Rachel remarried John Kellaway. What I also found was that <a href="http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?ServiceId=A&amp;VeteranId=667047">28087 Richard Hugh Bell Kearns</a> also listed his NOK as Rachel Kellaway.<br />The electoral rolls gave me the name of Richard Hugh Bell Kearns' wife which led me to her death notice. From this I had the names of two daughters, a son and daughter in law. Then I had to start taking a few educated guesses. The son/daughter in law name combination had one entry in the electoral roll. To my surprise the address, from 1980, was here in Canberra. I had no confirmation that I was correct but I found the daughter in law's name on the list of volunteer guides at the Australian War Memorial. What I couldn't find was a current listing of this couple in the White Pages. However, the secretary of my former RSL Sub-Branch manages the volunteers at the AWM so I put in a call to him and he kindly connected me with who I was looking for.<br />I still had no proof that I was right but when I rang and laid out what I knew it turned out to be the correct family.<br />The last piece of this puzzle has been to connect William's nephew with Kay in Yeppoon so that the medals can be returned in the near future. &nbsp; &nbsp; <br /><br /><br />The returned medal tally is now 2278.<br />http://lostmedalsaustralia.blogspot.com/2018/10/william-kearns.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Glyn Llanwarne)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4192199024815760901.post-4093532016354345544Thu, 25 Oct 2018 06:30:00 +00002018-10-25T17:37:42.839+11:00William Castle - Royal NavyIt is sometimes just a single piece of evidence that we find that links one generation to the next and that finally leads us to a successful conclusion. That is definitely the case in the search for the family of J3200 AB William Arthur Castle, Royal Navy.<br />Finding the records of British service men is quite difficult. What wasn't destroyed during the Blitz is usually only available on a pay per view basis. I rely on an Ancestry.com membership to provide any information that might be available. Given the size of the British Army and Navy at the turn of the 19th century there isn't that many records available so I was very surprised when my search for William turned up his one page entry in the UK Register of Seaman's Service 1848-1939. The information this scrap of paper provided included William's date of enlistment, 1910, and the ships he served on until discharge in 1919. Thankfully, it also gave his date of birth and the location which was Forrest Gate in London's East End. What I couldn't find was a family named Castle in Forest Gate in the UK census records.<br />From there I had nothing. I had started this search in 2013 and revisited it on several occasions. Each time a new piece of information had been published on line which gave me that next clue. I found that William emigrated to Australia in 1923 with his wife Emily. That at least explained how the medal came to be here. Then nothing.<br />These last few days I've dug back in to this research and now have a result.<br />I found William's death and funeral notices published in a Melbourne paper in 1927. A copy of this clipping is included below. The clue I found from this brief entry was the address of William's brother. A search of the electoral rolls gave me the name of the brother. Using the Victorian death records I was able to locate where William is buried in the <a href="http://www.boxhillcemetery.com.au/search/">Box Hill Cemetery</a>.<br />Armed with that brother's name I went back to the UK records and found that the brother was also born in Forrest Gate. This led me to an Ancestry family tree which didn't include William but gave me the name of other siblings and an even more revealing clue. From the Victorian state BDM records, I knew that William's mother's name was Sarah. The family tree gave the mother's name as Sarah Castle but the father's was John Kowalski. John was an Austrian emigrant. Using this new information I could follow the Kowalski's to other parts of the UK and helped me understand that the family didn't remain in the East End in the late Victorian period like so many other families did.<br />Back to the Australian records and I could quickly sketch out the families of both of William's brothers who emigrated to Australia. The first was Ernest Lawrence Castle and the second John Edward Castle.<br />It is through John Edward's line that I contacted William's great niece. The way I found her was through using her first and second name combinations, which is slightly unusual, this lead to me being able to make an conclusion about her married name. I found only one recent entry on the internet with this name combination. Through a third party I managed to get a message to the great niece and spoke to her this afternoon.<br />This was one of the more difficult searches of recent time but successful in the log run.<br />Thanks go to Josephine T who sent me the medal in 2013. <br />The returned medal tally is now 2272.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-a3hf-QovqXI/W9FipMLN1BI/AAAAAAAAFGc/4riAIj3POSkuu_yKxCb2xf5ODWaeYS8KACLcBGAs/s1600/Castle%2Bdeath%2Bnotice.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="371" data-original-width="214" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-a3hf-QovqXI/W9FipMLN1BI/AAAAAAAAFGc/4riAIj3POSkuu_yKxCb2xf5ODWaeYS8KACLcBGAs/s320/Castle%2Bdeath%2Bnotice.jpg" width="184" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Zv9JUj84ZJg/W9FiqLxqqFI/AAAAAAAAFGg/CNeQCDdWurw_zM7DTLOQ2vpqzN4X68z_QCLcBGAs/s1600/Castle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1416" data-original-width="1252" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Zv9JUj84ZJg/W9FiqLxqqFI/AAAAAAAAFGg/CNeQCDdWurw_zM7DTLOQ2vpqzN4X68z_QCLcBGAs/s320/Castle.jpg" width="282" /></a></div><br />http://lostmedalsaustralia.blogspot.com/2018/10/william-castle-royal-navy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Glyn Llanwarne)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4192199024815760901.post-4403449705991785462Wed, 24 Oct 2018 07:11:00 +00002018-10-24T18:11:47.373+11:00British War MedalJohn BurrellI'm slowly getting through the medals recently sent to me by the Grafton RSL. This latest return is of a British War Medal awarded to <a href="https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=3173521">15156 MT-DVR John Franklin Burrell</a>. MT-DVR stands for Motor Transport Driver and is a rank equivalent to private. His unit was the 5th Motor Transport Company, <a href="https://www.awm.gov.au/learn/understanding-military-structure/army/service-corps">Australian Army Service Corps</a>.<br />Following John through the electoral rolls was easy and other public records provided me with the names of his children and grandchildren. These records are mostly 40+ years old so I had to turn to a more contemporary resource and found John's granddaughter using Face Book. We have exchanged messages and I'll be posting John's BWM off in the near future.<br />The returned medal tally is now 2271.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QJV9DtrdfRk/W9Aa1Jbky-I/AAAAAAAAFFg/s4WXk8xNNHcJ6wXrWCctTxCCep26OxBOACLcBGAs/s1600/Burrell1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="235" data-original-width="1055" height="71" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QJV9DtrdfRk/W9Aa1Jbky-I/AAAAAAAAFFg/s4WXk8xNNHcJ6wXrWCctTxCCep26OxBOACLcBGAs/s320/Burrell1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-do1eWoFLs-w/W9Aa1RWNcAI/AAAAAAAAFFk/4venmI9faToz-Zm4yzOq79BgpNHEW4qKgCLcBGAs/s1600/Burrell2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="255" data-original-width="984" height="82" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-do1eWoFLs-w/W9Aa1RWNcAI/AAAAAAAAFFk/4venmI9faToz-Zm4yzOq79BgpNHEW4qKgCLcBGAs/s320/Burrell2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br />http://lostmedalsaustralia.blogspot.com/2018/10/john-burrell.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Glyn Llanwarne)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4192199024815760901.post-6355473335686523753Sun, 21 Oct 2018 10:13:00 +00002018-10-21T21:13:59.098+11:00Dodd family medalsThis return has some really interesting aspects, not the least being the condition the medals are in. My research commenced with an message from Nancy L from Sydney. Nancy's son works at a tip and had found two sets of medals. When they arrived in the post I was really surprised at the condition. The meals had been well cared for, however, it was obvious that they had suffered recent damage, probably from machinery at the tip. Nancy's son really needs to be congratulated for recovering these two medal groups and wanting to see them returned to the family.<br />The first group was awarded to Henry Albert Dodd. The group consists of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_War_Medal_(1900)">China War Medal (1900)</a> but it has been separated from it's suspender, 1914-15 Star and Victory Medal. The group also has the ribbon and suspender of the British War Medal but the disk is missing. The group was awarded to Henry Albert Dodd who served in the Royal Navy for 6 1/2 years before emigrating to Australia. He was awarded the China War Medal while serving aboard <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Goliath_(1898)">HMS Goliath</a>. Albert purhased his discharge from the Royal Navy then <a href="https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=3510403">enlisted</a>, age 33, in the AIF as was initially allocated to <a href="https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/U51460">20th Battalion</a>, then <a href="https://www.awm.gov.au/articles/blog/australian-engineers-in-the-first-world-war">Field Engineers</a> and finally the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Flying_Corps">Australian Flying Corps</a>.<br />At the end of WWI, Albert (also known as Henry) stayed in England and married Letitca. Their first son, Henry, was born in the UK in 1919 before Albert returned with his family to Australia. Albert and Letitca had four more children; Vivian, Kenneth, Winifred and Geoffrey. Four of the Dodd children served in WWII. Here are the links to their nominal roll entries; <a href="http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?serviceId=A&amp;veteranId=665176">Henry</a>, <a href="http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?ServiceId=A&amp;VeteranId=122277">Vivian</a>, <a href="http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?serviceId=A&amp;veteranId=368056">Kenneth</a> and <a href="http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?ServiceId=A&amp;VeteranId=369846">Winifred</a>. <a href="https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2649930/dodd,-vivian-albert/">Vivian died on 19 October 1943</a>.<br />While researching this family I found that Henry died in 2005 in Dubbo, a picture of his memorial plaque is below. Kenneth died only recently and his daughter lived in the same area that the tip where the medals were found is located.<br />I found Kenneth on an Ancestry family tree. The tree owner is a lady named Roslyn who responded to my message with details of her own research efforts and work with veterans. However, the tree was not for her family but she had prepared it for a young man she met and was inspired to help.&nbsp; This young man, Tom, is Albert's great grandson (Kenneth's grandson). Roslyn has connected me with Tom and I'll send him the medals in the near future.<br />The returned medal tally is now 2270.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Mf8I42vX-lU/W8xPBvWFkEI/AAAAAAAAFEA/G8kH5BtoUGgl3wV-SNnAiibz6DKSDjXmgCLcBGAs/s1600/Dodd1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1128" data-original-width="1600" height="225" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Mf8I42vX-lU/W8xPBvWFkEI/AAAAAAAAFEA/G8kH5BtoUGgl3wV-SNnAiibz6DKSDjXmgCLcBGAs/s320/Dodd1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;Henry's medals with broken China War Medal and missing British War Medal</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-36cMvlHibks/W8xPPU2lNgI/AAAAAAAAFEQ/p0HEgSuOc24pSwFQytzFfszo17iZEimSQCLcBGAs/s1600/Dodd2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="529" data-original-width="1535" height="110" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-36cMvlHibks/W8xPPU2lNgI/AAAAAAAAFEQ/p0HEgSuOc24pSwFQytzFfszo17iZEimSQCLcBGAs/s320/Dodd2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;The pin that affixes the medal disk to the suspender.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Mn9cm85ooaU/W8xPSsEJIZI/AAAAAAAAFEY/HyQq2uPP2pEPYkToHYLYVe3swAyaaPn2QCLcBGAs/s1600/Dodd3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1165" data-original-width="1109" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Mn9cm85ooaU/W8xPSsEJIZI/AAAAAAAAFEY/HyQq2uPP2pEPYkToHYLYVe3swAyaaPn2QCLcBGAs/s320/Dodd3.jpg" width="304" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;The recent damage to the China War Medal disk can be seen at the 9 o'clock position</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IEdHVmd0htY/W8xPUu76ldI/AAAAAAAAFEg/3AFqggGEPvcWCSFutc4WVzkIwecr40a5ACLcBGAs/s1600/Dodd4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1294" data-original-width="1198" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IEdHVmd0htY/W8xPUu76ldI/AAAAAAAAFEg/3AFqggGEPvcWCSFutc4WVzkIwecr40a5ACLcBGAs/s320/Dodd4.jpg" width="296" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="212" data-original-width="950" height="71" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VG0W70b2OAA/W8xPVC6F3nI/AAAAAAAAFEk/gF-NqyHZCuEAKTHQw-vfCzwhJnjlsMtcACLcBGAs/s320/Dodd7.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-byh_Yad3npY/W8xPVpgL8fI/AAAAAAAAFEs/fBa8nHUU_vIql2rj2RE1ofqEy4Mwv-6pwCLcBGAs/s1600/Dodd8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="191" data-original-width="714" height="85" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-byh_Yad3npY/W8xPVpgL8fI/AAAAAAAAFEs/fBa8nHUU_vIql2rj2RE1ofqEy4Mwv-6pwCLcBGAs/s320/Dodd8.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ri4c-F3W2fQ/W8xPYdFP3XI/AAAAAAAAFEw/412E-x1XUkEuvce8OscmcbmXPn9rIX7LACLcBGAs/s1600/Dodd9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1211" data-original-width="1058" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ri4c-F3W2fQ/W8xPYdFP3XI/AAAAAAAAFEw/412E-x1XUkEuvce8OscmcbmXPn9rIX7LACLcBGAs/s320/Dodd9.jpg" width="279" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KPQ3Txrf_Ds/W8xPNvfftqI/AAAAAAAAFEI/ph2UR2lzkFwEFpEWqQquHvF1Pcoy8_4pACLcBGAs/s1600/Dodd10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1231" data-original-width="1600" height="246" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KPQ3Txrf_Ds/W8xPNvfftqI/AAAAAAAAFEI/ph2UR2lzkFwEFpEWqQquHvF1Pcoy8_4pACLcBGAs/s320/Dodd10.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;This picture shows damage to the medal bars.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nd2Hw3f8zYk/W8xPIPiz81I/AAAAAAAAFEE/rUpGp9IRlfInHgGzxBRnu72zwx0RlkiQACLcBGAs/s1600/Dodd11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1140" data-original-width="1600" height="228" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nd2Hw3f8zYk/W8xPIPiz81I/AAAAAAAAFEE/rUpGp9IRlfInHgGzxBRnu72zwx0RlkiQACLcBGAs/s320/Dodd11.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Z_QKemkQRvk/W8xPOTBZ56I/AAAAAAAAFEM/4SZNgwwM1fwkR8X6D-AbmiTEwH8B8rO1gCLcBGAs/s1600/Dodd12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="218" data-original-width="1600" height="43" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Z_QKemkQRvk/W8xPOTBZ56I/AAAAAAAAFEM/4SZNgwwM1fwkR8X6D-AbmiTEwH8B8rO1gCLcBGAs/s320/Dodd12.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BvDwZqx2JYs/W8xRWi2mv0I/AAAAAAAAFFM/knTz4drDl881iJenPfz7X3aHnQlUvqh7gCLcBGAs/s1600/Dodd13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BvDwZqx2JYs/W8xRWi2mv0I/AAAAAAAAFFM/knTz4drDl881iJenPfz7X3aHnQlUvqh7gCLcBGAs/s320/Dodd13.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />http://lostmedalsaustralia.blogspot.com/2018/10/dodd-family-medals.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Glyn Llanwarne)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4192199024815760901.post-7111116442997268536Mon, 15 Oct 2018 07:43:00 +00002018-10-15T18:43:23.395+11:00Noel GibsonThe numbers of medals left in the Grafton box is getting less by the day. The next to be returned were awarded to <a href="http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?ServiceId=A&amp;VeteranId=46268">QX48096 Lance Sergeant Noel David Gibson</a>. I suspect that Noel was awarded 5 or 6 medals for his WWII service, however, only two came to me.<br />Noel was pretty easy to follow through the electoral rolls. I got lucky as one of the entries included his daughter. More luck came my way as her first and second names only appeared once again but this time with a different surname. I made the assumption this was her married name and that the other name at that address was her husband who had a very specific occupation. The name/occupation combination got me a successful hit and a business phone number. My hunch paid off and I had the correct family. More luck ran my was as I rang the same week as retirement after 53 years in this profession occurred and the business was closing.<br />Noel's two medals will be posted back to his daughter in the near future. <br />The returned medal tally is now 2263.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GqOT8xCi_EU/W8REyWzI_-I/AAAAAAAAFDY/25nAX1pe2FoDdE1-1JK48Y3CN1oECD4iACLcBGAs/s1600/ND%2BGibson%2B1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1142" data-original-width="1600" height="228" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GqOT8xCi_EU/W8REyWzI_-I/AAAAAAAAFDY/25nAX1pe2FoDdE1-1JK48Y3CN1oECD4iACLcBGAs/s320/ND%2BGibson%2B1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YRkOHBD3lyQ/W8REzuHoPbI/AAAAAAAAFDg/PX0kJO0qu0s3-CqvLPZTWqCgUFwUD89eQCLcBGAs/s1600/ND%2BGibson%2B2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1526" data-original-width="1266" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YRkOHBD3lyQ/W8REzuHoPbI/AAAAAAAAFDg/PX0kJO0qu0s3-CqvLPZTWqCgUFwUD89eQCLcBGAs/s320/ND%2BGibson%2B2.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kGwDuzmQnJc/W8REyugQYxI/AAAAAAAAFDc/RQAo2KRTK-ESpppXzd6Qz9x-b0u9lc85gCLcBGAs/s1600/ND%2BGibson%2B3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="305" data-original-width="1327" height="73" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kGwDuzmQnJc/W8REyugQYxI/AAAAAAAAFDc/RQAo2KRTK-ESpppXzd6Qz9x-b0u9lc85gCLcBGAs/s320/ND%2BGibson%2B3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LsDr_0GmEH0/W8REzu4SFvI/AAAAAAAAFDk/ZUkZFVv1hQoORPMmHdYverw6ySeP3M0HwCLcBGAs/s1600/ND%2BGibson%2B4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="253" data-original-width="906" height="89" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LsDr_0GmEH0/W8REzu4SFvI/AAAAAAAAFDk/ZUkZFVv1hQoORPMmHdYverw6ySeP3M0HwCLcBGAs/s320/ND%2BGibson%2B4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />http://lostmedalsaustralia.blogspot.com/2018/10/noel-gibson.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Glyn Llanwarne)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4192199024815760901.post-5395165176119790087Tue, 09 Oct 2018 07:42:00 +00002018-10-09T20:39:44.007+11:00BWMVictory MedalJohn HayesAnother pair of WWI medals that came to me from the Grafton RSL is the BWM and Victory Medal awarded to <a href="https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=4769511">4174 PTE John Desmond Hayes</a>.<br />Hayes was a 24 year old blacksmith when he enlisted in September 1915. Following his training he transited through Egypt and allocated to <a href="https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/U51487">47th Battalion AIF</a>. Less than 12 months after enlisting, he was wounded in action on 9 Aug 16. Hayes died of his wound two days later.<br />My search put me in touch with Kay who is Hayes' great niece. Kay had posted a tribute to Hayes on a notice board which I came across and sent her off a message. As part of her research, Kay has found some photos of Hayes and I have been given permission to publish them here.<br />I'm a bit intrigued with the condition of Hayes medals. The Victory Medal is in very good condition. By comparison the BWM has had a rough life with the suspender rather damaged and the rim suffering several bruises.<br />The returned medal tally is now 2261.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CEckY3F3nhM/W7xbPzhXdmI/AAAAAAAAFCk/7027H9dVPZswjPScy4XJdxLNppsSWxj3ACLcBGAs/s1600/J%2BD%2BHayes1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="965" data-original-width="1464" height="210" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CEckY3F3nhM/W7xbPzhXdmI/AAAAAAAAFCk/7027H9dVPZswjPScy4XJdxLNppsSWxj3ACLcBGAs/s320/J%2BD%2BHayes1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_8cCvauePb0/W7xbP1bS9kI/AAAAAAAAFCg/rCom7kXE1SEy4lzWDCvLOg-03KtWGp_gQCLcBGAs/s1600/J%2BD%2BHayes2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="456" data-original-width="989" height="147" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_8cCvauePb0/W7xbP1bS9kI/AAAAAAAAFCg/rCom7kXE1SEy4lzWDCvLOg-03KtWGp_gQCLcBGAs/s320/J%2BD%2BHayes2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YCXjcpeNeCk/W7xbQHLw9aI/AAAAAAAAFCo/DQZwuElPkawtg7K0GMgfFxMkZfH2p31RgCLcBGAs/s1600/J%2BD%2BHayes3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="366" data-original-width="1325" height="88" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YCXjcpeNeCk/W7xbQHLw9aI/AAAAAAAAFCo/DQZwuElPkawtg7K0GMgfFxMkZfH2p31RgCLcBGAs/s320/J%2BD%2BHayes3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-g0BOfSTdFl4/W7xbQ6wmFII/AAAAAAAAFCs/ui5JIXjuC9EVbbeRUBSlwWRxZNnNSJR3QCLcBGAs/s1600/J%2BD%2BHayes4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="268" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-g0BOfSTdFl4/W7xbQ6wmFII/AAAAAAAAFCs/ui5JIXjuC9EVbbeRUBSlwWRxZNnNSJR3QCLcBGAs/s320/J%2BD%2BHayes4.jpg" width="238" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eObwMdEz2tg/W7xbRIOg5mI/AAAAAAAAFCw/-V6BUnJTE1go-RVsC4uUv-0Tb8q9Wmb5wCLcBGAs/s1600/J%2BD%2BHayes5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="522" data-original-width="343" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eObwMdEz2tg/W7xbRIOg5mI/AAAAAAAAFCw/-V6BUnJTE1go-RVsC4uUv-0Tb8q9Wmb5wCLcBGAs/s320/J%2BD%2BHayes5.jpg" width="210" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-F09c4prha1Q/W7xbRUOXCOI/AAAAAAAAFC0/CS4yCKoV_MYODCEKeFQD0bIykD-xChwawCLcBGAs/s1600/J%2BD%2BHayes6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="291" data-original-width="233" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-F09c4prha1Q/W7xbRUOXCOI/AAAAAAAAFC0/CS4yCKoV_MYODCEKeFQD0bIykD-xChwawCLcBGAs/s1600/J%2BD%2BHayes6.jpg" /></a></div><br />http://lostmedalsaustralia.blogspot.com/2018/10/john-hayes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Glyn Llanwarne)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4192199024815760901.post-2724488216487552378Fri, 21 Sep 2018 23:33:00 +00002018-09-22T09:33:57.200+10:00Frederick RankinAnother medal out of the Grafton box is the British War Medal awarded to <a href="https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=8025388">2864 Frederick John Rankin</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/42nd_Battalion_(Australia)">42 Battalion, AIF</a>. The first thing I noticed was that there was a mistake with the naming. The middle initial is impressed as 'K' rather than 'J'. Although mistakes are not unknown I don't come across medals with errors to often. The initials 'F.K.' can be seen in the picture of the naming.&nbsp; <br />Rankin was in his early 30s when he enlisted. He gave his NOK as his sister Bertha. In 1920 he married Ellen May Randles but that didn't have any children. Rankin died in 1951 and Ellen in 1959. I found a picture of their headstone which is included below.<br />Given that Rankin nominated his sister, Bertha, as his NOK I followed that branch of the family. I found Bertha on a family tree which belongs to the wife of Berth's great grandson. The message I sent was soon answered and within an hour of starting this search I had the address to send Rankin's medal to.<br />The returned medal tally is now 2259.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-S0mqS0ZC8sw/W6V9ghWN8TI/AAAAAAAAFBY/hseO4yeeoKUN7LOSFG0vI9P2n4Gt0OaVACLcBGAs/s1600/Rankin%2Bheadstone.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="240" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-S0mqS0ZC8sw/W6V9ghWN8TI/AAAAAAAAFBY/hseO4yeeoKUN7LOSFG0vI9P2n4Gt0OaVACLcBGAs/s320/Rankin%2Bheadstone.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3vLo6KkkDMc/W6V9isEUh7I/AAAAAAAAFBc/C4PSs0ZDMO0n5bBbHw-yhptuXiM2-YuvACLcBGAs/s1600/Rankin1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="260" data-original-width="1197" height="69" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3vLo6KkkDMc/W6V9isEUh7I/AAAAAAAAFBc/C4PSs0ZDMO0n5bBbHw-yhptuXiM2-YuvACLcBGAs/s320/Rankin1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-isRo-_FQwEA/W6V9igBIfHI/AAAAAAAAFBg/ehFHMjagW9AUSPVGvPLo4XSKUsKYPocOQCLcBGAs/s1600/Rankin2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="235" data-original-width="740" height="101" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-isRo-_FQwEA/W6V9igBIfHI/AAAAAAAAFBg/ehFHMjagW9AUSPVGvPLo4XSKUsKYPocOQCLcBGAs/s320/Rankin2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>&nbsp;&nbsp; http://lostmedalsaustralia.blogspot.com/2018/09/frederick-rankin.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Glyn Llanwarne)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4192199024815760901.post-1825568612857191172Wed, 19 Sep 2018 05:32:00 +00002018-09-19T15:32:12.479+10:00New Zealand WWII medalsMedals awarded to New Zealand WWII soldiers don't come my way often. When they do it is usually because the soldier immigrated to Australia some time after WWII. This is the case with <a href="http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/148251?eun=29th%20Battery%2C%20N.Z.%20Artillery&amp;ordinal=14&amp;from=%2Fwar-memorial%2Fonline-cenotaph%2Fcustom-search">24495 Frank Gaywood Eades</a>.<br />Frank's medals came to me from the Albury RSL. The President of this sub-branch is a friend of mine and sent the medals to me with limited background information. I could follow Frank in the electoral rolls from the 1950s to the 1970. The only real lead I could follow was another name at the same address which I assumed to be Frank's son. Searching this name opened up what I believe to be the story of how the medal came to be sent to the RSL.<br />I found Frank's son's death notice from earlier this year in Alubry. It became immediately apparent that this gentlemen had lived in a care facility for more than 30 years. The medals came with the contact details of Frank's brother in New Zealand but these were no longer current. I surmised that after the death the care facility tried to call the family and when they had no luck sent the medals to the Albury RSL.<br />It took a bit to navigate the New Zealand records and indeed that branch of the family had moved on. As a last resort I used Face Book to message Frank's nephew and after a few days was talking to Mark and will send him the medals in the near future.<br />The returned medal tally is now 2258.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hiHnwUJB10A/W6HfMdFFIlI/AAAAAAAAFBE/ba21tqscdqsEVh-D4ajfQ57KCmljGLIRgCLcBGAs/s1600/Eades.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1293" data-original-width="1600" height="258" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hiHnwUJB10A/W6HfMdFFIlI/AAAAAAAAFBE/ba21tqscdqsEVh-D4ajfQ57KCmljGLIRgCLcBGAs/s320/Eades.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />http://lostmedalsaustralia.blogspot.com/2018/09/new-zealand-wwii-medals.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Glyn Llanwarne)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4192199024815760901.post-8445474747148192817Tue, 04 Sep 2018 07:41:00 +00002018-09-04T17:41:51.074+10:00Percy Foley 11LHR and 11 FABThe last series of medals I've been researching, all from the Grafton Box, have provided more than the usual amount of challenges. This search was no different with the problem this time being the name the soldier enlisted under.<br />The National Archives of Australia lists that <a href="https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=3912979">1180 Trooper Percy Joseph Foley</a> served in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/11th_Light_Horse_Regiment_(Australia)">11th Light Horse Regiment</a>. However, not long after arriving in Egypt he transferred to <a href="https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/U51120">11th Field Artillery Brigade</a>. This meant that his regimental number changed to 1180a causing a bit more confusion in the research. Percy had a pretty interesting war going AWOL on numerous occasions as well as being wounded in action. When he returned to Australia he first lived in his home town of&nbsp; Grafton, then moved to Sydney were he was married to Nellie but later moved back to Grafton. Percy died in 1951 having not had any children. Then the trouble for me started.<br />Percy appeared in the public records from 1915 through to 1936. There was no sign of him before or after this time window. It took a bit of time to work out that Percy was born Pierce Joseph Foley and later in life used Pierce rather than Percy. <br />Typical of the time, Percy had numerous siblings, several who died as infants, didn't marry or had no children. One sister who I could follow through the records was Sarah Jane Foley who married Charles Sare. One of their sons was Harold Hunter Sare who died aged 29 at Coffs Harbour. The local paper reported the death and mentioned that Harold had two young sons name Max and Rex. This information made it pretty easy to narrow the search for one of Percy's great nephews. I now know that Harold's youngest son, Rex, was just six months old when his father died. I'll be sending Percy's 1914-15 Star and Victory Medal to Rex in the near future. Where the British War Medal is from this trio is anyone's guess.<br />The returned medal tally is now 2250.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RgZM3_4S-Yo/W442bGJgdnI/AAAAAAAAFAg/hLtjKzWTnWctgP4bdYpmMApRny_SeX7DwCLcBGAs/s1600/Foley1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1130" data-original-width="1116" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RgZM3_4S-Yo/W442bGJgdnI/AAAAAAAAFAg/hLtjKzWTnWctgP4bdYpmMApRny_SeX7DwCLcBGAs/s320/Foley1.jpg" width="316" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SX1iAPzwy9s/W442bb4LsuI/AAAAAAAAFAk/KAf3W_RqHncVTNKY8FADZ4L61PECBTEmQCLcBGAs/s1600/Foley2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="346" data-original-width="1081" height="102" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SX1iAPzwy9s/W442bb4LsuI/AAAAAAAAFAk/KAf3W_RqHncVTNKY8FADZ4L61PECBTEmQCLcBGAs/s320/Foley2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Al8CxPaLw90/W442bfaDgJI/AAAAAAAAFAo/QJ9S3MZIu0MiAKsFGXVivndnMDdYEas9ACLcBGAs/s1600/Foley3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="234" data-original-width="1207" height="61" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Al8CxPaLw90/W442bfaDgJI/AAAAAAAAFAo/QJ9S3MZIu0MiAKsFGXVivndnMDdYEas9ACLcBGAs/s320/Foley3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />http://lostmedalsaustralia.blogspot.com/2018/09/percy-foley-11lhr-and-11-fab.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Glyn Llanwarne)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4192199024815760901.post-5266043894178186919Tue, 04 Sep 2018 00:52:00 +00002018-09-04T10:52:53.293+10:00Eric GrayThe next set of medals out of the Grafton Box are the WWI pair awarded to <a href="https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=4671585">5584 PTE Eric Arthur Gray</a>. The Grays were one of the early pioneer families around the Lismore area of NSW. This meant that I was able to find quite a bit of information about Eric's father John James Gray. However, tracing the family through the 1940s to 1960s was a little difficult.<br />Eric was married to Nellie but I can find no evidence that they had any children. This forced me to look at Eric's siblings and thanks to John's obituary following his death in 1934, I had all the names I needed. The brother I followed was <a href="https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=4671803">Moses Caleb Gray</a> who I now know served with Eric in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/25th_Battalion_(Australia)">25th Battalion, AIF</a>. Moses diary from a year of his service during WWI is still in the family.<br />At this point the search became a little more complicated. Moses' daughter married Rolland, known as Rolly, but finding the names of the current generation alluded me for a while. It wasn't until I found a picture of Rolly's headstone which included the names of his children that the last piece fell into place. I've just spoken to Eric's great nephew, David, who was able to fill in the blanks for me about Moses and told be about his diary.<br />David has been wearing replica medals on Anzac Day in honour of Moses and now will have Eric's original WWI pair to wear as well. <br />The returned medal tally is now 2248.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TuhT8NAooGA/W43WqTb8KoI/AAAAAAAAFAU/89MHjgF3lZU9lBE8CYe4N1FzkpafdJWVwCLcBGAs/s1600/Eric%2BGray1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="429" data-original-width="938" height="146" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TuhT8NAooGA/W43WqTb8KoI/AAAAAAAAFAU/89MHjgF3lZU9lBE8CYe4N1FzkpafdJWVwCLcBGAs/s320/Eric%2BGray1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AHviIHjc284/W43Wp-33IHI/AAAAAAAAFAQ/nGOwwMyYPnEzuqneWNDSGijJ0kmQkFtZQCLcBGAs/s1600/Eric%2BGray2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="394" data-original-width="1285" height="98" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AHviIHjc284/W43Wp-33IHI/AAAAAAAAFAQ/nGOwwMyYPnEzuqneWNDSGijJ0kmQkFtZQCLcBGAs/s320/Eric%2BGray2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />http://lostmedalsaustralia.blogspot.com/2018/09/eric-gray.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Glyn Llanwarne)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4192199024815760901.post-2874458113038327580Mon, 03 Sep 2018 02:37:00 +00002018-09-03T12:38:24.195+10:00Alfred GillettTrying to align some family trees with public records is often difficult. That was definitely the case with <a href="https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=5100901">1854 PTE Alfred Gillett</a> who served in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Pioneer_Battalion_(Australia)">1st Pioneer Battalion</a>.<br />Alfred didn't do me any favours by lying about his age when he enlisted. It wasn't until I found this obituary that I realised that he put his age down by eight years in order to enlist that it all came together. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BrVQfdjD70w/W4yUIX7VcSI/AAAAAAAAE_8/C_gFcGajLqkpXAqt7USgB-HXHYyy7YmKgCLcBGAs/s1600/Gillett%2Bobit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="641" data-original-width="301" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BrVQfdjD70w/W4yUIX7VcSI/AAAAAAAAE_8/C_gFcGajLqkpXAqt7USgB-HXHYyy7YmKgCLcBGAs/s320/Gillett%2Bobit.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><br />The obituary tells the story of Albert's life and confirms that he enlisted at the age of 52 and not 44 as his service record states. It is through his brother Henry that I followed the family line to the current generation and I'll return the medal to them shortly.<br />This is another of the medals that were sent to me by the Grafton RSL. The returned medal tally is now 2246.<br /><br />http://lostmedalsaustralia.blogspot.com/2018/09/alfred-gillett.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Glyn Llanwarne)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4192199024815760901.post-3609511955342087041Wed, 29 Aug 2018 23:08:00 +00002018-08-30T09:08:06.166+10:00WWI POW<div class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Bill's persistence really paid off with this return. </span></span></div><div class="x_MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It is nearly ten years since ‘Robert’ bought a set of WW1 medals impressed to 1423 PTE Private George Chioman, </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">RWR</span></span>. The source was a deceased estate auction in Victor Harbour, South Australia. </span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span><div class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">From his research Robert believed the medals may have come to Victor Harbour via Queensland. In the end he posted an advert in the ‘Found Medals’ Section of ‘Vetaffairs', the magazine published by the Department of Veteran Affairs. It was there that I saw his request for help. This is where my part of the story begins.</span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span><div class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">While the 1423 regimental number was compatible with the Australian numbering scheme used during the First World War, it was the RWR that directed me to the United Kingdom. This led me to find the medal card of Private George Chipman, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. </span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span><div class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">With the aid of Jenn from the Australian Genealogical Surname Group, we were able to track forward to George’s grandson, Stephen, who still lives in England. . </span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span><div class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">George Chipman, who died in England in 1961, had an eventful war. He was taken prisoner in 1917, and saw out the last years of the war as a POW in Munster, Weestfalen, Germany. To say that Stephen was astounded to get a call from Australia, is putting it mildly.</span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span><div class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">As to how George’s medals got to Australia, that is another story.</span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span><div class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span><div class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It is an amazing co-incidence that, as we were contacting Stephen, he received another email from a lady who had come into possession of a POW post card, that George had written to his brother, Albert along with a photo that she believed to be George. Out of respect to George’s family we have refrained from posting the photo. However, the post card is in itself a snapshot of history.</span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span><div class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span><div class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Perhaps I should close with the email that Robert sent to Stephen. It says it all:</span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span><div class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span><div class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span><div class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Hello Stephen</span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span><div class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">My name is Robert xxxx I live in a town called Victor Harbor, a coastal town 80k South of Adelaide, South Australia.</span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span><div class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">About 10 years ago I purchased a set of WW1 medals at a deceased estate in Victor Harbor.&nbsp; </span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span><div class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">There is a slight possibility these Medals may have found their way down from Queensland (Aust).</span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span><div class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I tried on many occasions to find a relative to hand over the Medals, but had no luck searching Aust Archives.</span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span><div class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I posted a “found Medals ad”, in a paper published by Aust Veteran Affairs.&nbsp; </span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span><div class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I was soon contacted by a Military history/research group who were prepared to take up the search on my behalf.</span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span><div class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">They had access to records world wide, and soon came up with a “hit”.</span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span><div class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The rest is, as they say, history.</span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span><div class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Whilst this search was going on I was contacted by another WW1 Veteran’s family who said, the Service number is the same as our Grand Fathers!</span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span><div class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It seems the British and Aust Government used the same numbering system during WW1, hence the duplication of numbers.</span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span><div class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I am a Vietnam Veteran, my Father a WW2 Veteran and my Grand Father a WW1 Veteran.</span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span><div class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">My, and my families Medals are very precious to me.</span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span><div class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So, would you like me to post the Medals to you, it would be my pleasure.</span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span><div class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Their was a huge amount of time and effort put into tracking the rightful owners, we both owe the “team” A HUGE THANKS AND WELL DONE!</span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span><div class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Regards</span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span><div class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Robert&nbsp;</span></span></div><div class="x_MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The returned medal tally is now 2245.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-b6YxpMwdklA/W4cm2KU1UYI/AAAAAAAAE_c/RDTHDN9zsU0NwdvdR4LfUv0_zXTJit0PgCLcBGAs/s1600/1917%2BGeorge%2BChipman%2BPOW%2Bpostcard%2Bto%2BAlbert%2BChipman%2B%2528Back%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1039" data-original-width="1600" height="207" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-b6YxpMwdklA/W4cm2KU1UYI/AAAAAAAAE_c/RDTHDN9zsU0NwdvdR4LfUv0_zXTJit0PgCLcBGAs/s320/1917%2BGeorge%2BChipman%2BPOW%2Bpostcard%2Bto%2BAlbert%2BChipman%2B%2528Back%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">&nbsp;</span></span></div>http://lostmedalsaustralia.blogspot.com/2018/08/wwi-pow.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Glyn Llanwarne)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4192199024815760901.post-174996460968638516Wed, 29 Aug 2018 07:40:00 +00002018-08-29T17:40:20.947+10:00Trooper Tom Barnes - Australian Horse.This <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen%27s_South_Africa_Medal">Queen's South Africa Medal</a> came to me recently as part of a box of medal forwarded by the Grafton RSL Sub-Branch.<br />Most of the information I could find about Trooper Thomas Walter Barnes was from newspaper articles available from the National Archives of Australia web site - <a href="https://trove.nla.gov.au/">Trove</a>. I've added two of the most interesting articles below.<br />The official record shows that Barnes had the regimental number '5' and served in the <a href="https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/U52001">Australian Horse</a>. However, the medal gives his number as '8'. It is most likely that the medal is incorrect.<br />Barnes was born in 1875 and spent his early years around Murrumburrah, NSW. He belonged to the Murrumburrah detachment that made up the Australian Horse contingent. Barnes had two daughters but I've been unable to establish if either had children of their own. He died in Gladesville, NSW in 1937.<br />I found Barnes included on an Ancestry family tree which is owned by Barnes' great nephew. It is to this family I'll return the medal to in the near future.<br />The articles are really interesting, especially the comments about Barnes' horse and reference to <a href="http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/paterson-andrew-barton-banjo-7972">Banjo Paterson</a>.<br />The returned medal tally is now 2242.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZWHx7y-zIOw/W4ZL6lNzp6I/AAAAAAAAE-g/8L7M4_8xSc8US8o-t9cv_pL7akRhh_blgCLcBGAs/s1600/Barnes%2Bletter%2Bhome.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="415" data-original-width="297" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZWHx7y-zIOw/W4ZL6lNzp6I/AAAAAAAAE-g/8L7M4_8xSc8US8o-t9cv_pL7akRhh_blgCLcBGAs/s320/Barnes%2Bletter%2Bhome.jpg" width="229" /></a></div>&nbsp; <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-57ezcbgL_3s/W4ZL65y4cRI/AAAAAAAAE-k/p644J3VpZaUV1uzm6S1vcOozXERAk1zTACLcBGAs/s1600/Barnes%2Bwelcome%2Bhome.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="522" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-57ezcbgL_3s/W4ZL65y4cRI/AAAAAAAAE-k/p644J3VpZaUV1uzm6S1vcOozXERAk1zTACLcBGAs/s320/Barnes%2Bwelcome%2Bhome.jpg" width="185" /></a><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-a-DE0Vz1XhQ/W4ZL6vRb6rI/AAAAAAAAE-c/Zf3JtHUSu5AUahq4WmfUji2C_6iZQ-WgQCLcBGAs/s1600/Barnes%2Bwelcome%2Bhome%2B2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="714" data-original-width="242" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-a-DE0Vz1XhQ/W4ZL6vRb6rI/AAAAAAAAE-c/Zf3JtHUSu5AUahq4WmfUji2C_6iZQ-WgQCLcBGAs/s320/Barnes%2Bwelcome%2Bhome%2B2.jpg" width="108" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-w0-qRPt1cT4/W4ZM_uG8BsI/AAAAAAAAE-w/BG_lc2aP6n4CA-glSaRnqjhC_4GOrH4hwCLcBGAs/s1600/Barnes1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="836" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-w0-qRPt1cT4/W4ZM_uG8BsI/AAAAAAAAE-w/BG_lc2aP6n4CA-glSaRnqjhC_4GOrH4hwCLcBGAs/s320/Barnes1.jpg" width="167" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qx4MDa79pRk/W4ZM_1V5F9I/AAAAAAAAE-4/Efj0MXgkbB0KrM4kfr9HwbVc1N03OFIawCLcBGAs/s1600/Barnes2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1380" data-original-width="1166" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qx4MDa79pRk/W4ZM_1V5F9I/AAAAAAAAE-4/Efj0MXgkbB0KrM4kfr9HwbVc1N03OFIawCLcBGAs/s320/Barnes2.jpg" width="270" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-acb6SmT_gjk/W4ZM_xYal9I/AAAAAAAAE-0/43dg5s3Ah88ojKkVU00pEaKQdVd2hjfPwCLcBGAs/s1600/Barnes3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="310" data-original-width="1060" height="93" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-acb6SmT_gjk/W4ZM_xYal9I/AAAAAAAAE-0/43dg5s3Ah88ojKkVU00pEaKQdVd2hjfPwCLcBGAs/s320/Barnes3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jE5A9oGkmzw/W4ZNARQWXsI/AAAAAAAAE-8/3-gLHGhAHiYIng1VFU_5i58v44qLttzkgCLcBGAs/s1600/Barnes4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="411" data-original-width="1137" height="115" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jE5A9oGkmzw/W4ZNARQWXsI/AAAAAAAAE-8/3-gLHGhAHiYIng1VFU_5i58v44qLttzkgCLcBGAs/s320/Barnes4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />http://lostmedalsaustralia.blogspot.com/2018/08/trooper-tom-barnes-australian-horse.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Glyn Llanwarne)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4192199024815760901.post-8593281583418520070Wed, 29 Aug 2018 06:48:00 +00002018-08-29T16:48:40.260+10:00A new NSW boxLong term visitors may remember the excitement over the <a href="http://lostmedalsaustralia.blogspot.com/2010/10/nsw-rsl-lost-medals.html">NSW RSL box</a> of medal that came my way some years ago. A recent arrival from the Grafton RSL Sub-Branch was a box of medals awarded to 14 different veterans ranging from the Boer War to the Korean War. Most impressive is a WWI Military Medal. I have one result already and will post the story shortly.<br />http://lostmedalsaustralia.blogspot.com/2018/08/a-new-nsw-box.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Glyn Llanwarne)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4192199024815760901.post-355567506278890366Sun, 19 Aug 2018 11:17:00 +00002018-08-19T21:17:45.351+10:00Ray Curtis and the Battle of CoralLost items come to us through the most unusual sets of circumstances. This all started with an email from a friend of mine and fellow officer, Leo M. He had purchased an old army trunk from a recycle center and inside found an identity disc belonging to <a href="http://www.vietnamroll.gov.au/VeteranDetails.aspx?VeteranId=1242279">214950 R G Curtis</a>.<br />A bit of research showed that Ray Curtis was a Platoon Sergeant in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Battalion,_Royal_Australian_Regiment">1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment</a> at the time of the <a href="https://www.army.gov.au/our-history/primary-materials/vietnam-1962-to-1972/battle-of-coral-balmoral">Battle of Coral</a>. This <a href="https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C318405">link is to a picture</a> on the Australian War Memorial website which shows Ray inspecting a captured weapon following the battle.<br />Finding Ray's contact details proved a little difficult to find so I used the 1 RAR network to get a message through to him. I am very grateful that my email passed through several supportive former battalion members, including jcal, to reach Ray.<br />Today I connected Ray and Leo so that a return can be arranged. <br />The returned medal tally is now 2241.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Wo0TP314Z5I/W3lM-_KQtyI/AAAAAAAAE-I/Qbv3TjiT_NI6emEa4A0HInlPmtwonxKhgCLcBGAs/s1600/Curtis.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="280" data-original-width="465" height="192" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Wo0TP314Z5I/W3lM-_KQtyI/AAAAAAAAE-I/Qbv3TjiT_NI6emEa4A0HInlPmtwonxKhgCLcBGAs/s320/Curtis.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />http://lostmedalsaustralia.blogspot.com/2018/08/ray-curtis-and-battle-of-coral.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Glyn Llanwarne)8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4192199024815760901.post-3740035881519900720Wed, 15 Aug 2018 15:49:00 +00002018-08-16T01:56:28.808+10:00Fromelles KIA part 2<div class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Bill and I get numerous requests to find medals that have been lost for many years or known to have been sold in the past. This is an almost impossible task. However, Bill has achieved the impossible.</span></span></div><div class="x_MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">For those of you who follow this Blog, you would be quite used to Glyn and I receiving medals then going looking for either, the recipient, or a next of kin. This story goes the other way.</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span><div class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">It is a story that has been two years in the making and it came in two parts; this is part 2.</span></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">If I take you back to 1<sup>st</sup> July 2016 and the story of the search for the Death Plaque of <a href="http://lostmedalsaustralia.blogspot.com/2016/07/kia-at-fromelles.html">1707 Pte Cyril David Jones</a>, who was Killed in Action at Fromelles on the 20 July 1916, I introduced you to Lee his great niece and her search for the plaque and medals of her great Uncle.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">&nbsp;</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">This is the continuation of that story. When I returned the plaque to Lee, her final words, after her profuse thanks, were of the order: ‘do you think you’ll ever find the medals?” My answer, the only one I could honestly give her, was “I don’t know, I just don’t know”.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">&nbsp;</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">However, I added Cyril’s name to my weekend Internet search roster.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">&nbsp;</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">Shortly after returning Cyril’s Plaque, I was approached by the new memorabilia officer of the RSL Club that had been given Cyril’s plaque and medals in 1972. He asked me would I complete the lists that I had started on several years before, a request to which I agreed. This was for two reasons, the first that I had no luck blind searching on the internet. Secondly it allowed me to search much more thoroughly the club and its environs than I had before.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">&nbsp;</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">My first step was to make up a list of any and all of the retirement homes within a 5 Km radius of the club, homes whether they were associated with the RSL or not, but where someone from the club may have in the past set up a display. Then came the follow on phone calls, to which the answers varied from “No we have no RSL stuff here” to “Yes, we do”. It soon appeared that at some time in the past, the club’s previous memorabilia officer had a very large list of homes that he and his wife would regularly visit changing over the display to match up with various military campaigns that Australian forces had been involved in. Usually the comments received digressed to the fact that he had not been for quite some time, almost two years, in fact, which aligned with his passing.&nbsp; </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">And so started my visit program.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">&nbsp;</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">It is now two weeks since I rang Lee, asked her to sit down, and told her I had found Cyril’s medals. They were in a plastic shopping bag at the back of a display cabinet. Last Saturday I had the privilege of returning Cyril’s medals to his family.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span><div class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">This has, as I said above, been along search, nearly two years in fact. I do not think I would ever like to do it again. If Cyril had not been one of the fallen at Fromelles, had I not got involved in the search for the NOK of the fallen, met Sandra Playle and Tim Lycett and some truly fine Australians, I don’t know if I would have had the determination to keep going.</span></span></div><div class="x_MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Sandra and Tim have been friends of mine for many years, this is another wonderful connection to the amazing research they have done.</span></span></div><div class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">The returned medal tally is now 2240.</span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7AnFK1R-2xs/W3RNI8pI5aI/AAAAAAAAE90/pA_dP4UcJWMlQ3WDLTerz7_ic17Uh0kvwCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_4995.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="638" data-original-width="443" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7AnFK1R-2xs/W3RNI8pI5aI/AAAAAAAAE90/pA_dP4UcJWMlQ3WDLTerz7_ic17Uh0kvwCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_4995.jpg" /></a></div></div>http://lostmedalsaustralia.blogspot.com/2018/08/fromelles-kia-part-2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Glyn Llanwarne)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4192199024815760901.post-5049656866044754549Sun, 12 Aug 2018 16:15:00 +00002018-08-13T02:15:11.433+10:00An Australian Defence Medal returnedMore and more, medals are coming to us from the Police after they have been recovered following a suspected theft.<br />Recently, the South Australian Police located an <a href="http://www.defence.gov.au/Medals/Australian/Australian-Defence-Medal.asp">Australian Defence Medal</a> and an 'I am an Australian Soldier' medallion in a car and the driver's name didn't match the name on the ADM. Constable Ben S sent an email to the South Australian RSL requesting assistance and this email was forwarded to me.<br />The ADM had the soldier's employee number, initials and name but the medallion had his full name. I used this information to find him on Face Book and discovered that we have a mutual friend. I fired of a message asking for Constable Ben's contact details to be passed on and left it at that. Today I have received word that the solider has been in contact with SAPOL. Very soon his ADM and medallion will be sent home.<br />Thanks to Nathan K from RSL Care in SA and Brad C for your assistance.<br />The returned medal tally is now 2238. http://lostmedalsaustralia.blogspot.com/2018/08/an-australian-defence-medal-returned.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Glyn Llanwarne)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4192199024815760901.post-272113161548053279Sun, 05 Aug 2018 14:05:00 +00002018-08-06T00:20:42.074+10:00British War MedalPatrick FendlenThe search for <a href="https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=3551825">4907 Patrick James Fendlen</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/53rd_Battalion_(Australia)">53rd Battalion, AIF</a>, started with an email from Terry M who had come across Patrick's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_War_Medal">British War Medal</a> amongst his father's WWII medals.<br />The search for Patrick was some what difficult as his name was sometimes spelt with an 'i' in place of the second 'e'. Once I worked out that he lied about his age to enlist the pieces started to fall in to place.<br />He was born in 1870 making him 44 when he enlisted but stated his age as 34. He was married to Rachel but this was her second marriage and she already had four children. Rachel died while Patrick was still serving in France although he was returned to Australia for health reasons not long after.<br />In Patrick's service record there is a letter from his brother saying that there was no children from the marriage to Rachel and I couldn't find any connection between Patrick and Rachel's children after she died.<br />Patrick later married Mary Sayer, however, that marriage didn't last long as in 1920 a warrant was issued for Patrick's arrest for the desertion of Mary. The warrant gave his age as 54 which verified my calculations about him lying about&nbsp; his age on enlistment. Patrick spent time in Darlinghurst prison and died in 1937.&nbsp; <br />I've tracked down a distant relative who is also the family historian and he will hold the medal until a closer relative is found if this is possible.<br />It was great to connect Terry and Wayne about Patrick's medal and provide them both with addition details about Patrick. Although, how his medal came in to Terry's father's possession remains a mystery.<br />The returned medal tally is now 2236.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QG620FERNBo/W2cC0E_jksI/AAAAAAAAE8o/i5RqvSjQo3wM4_osY3Gvcr89T2JCWHhXACLcBGAs/s1600/Fendlen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="233" data-original-width="259" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QG620FERNBo/W2cC0E_jksI/AAAAAAAAE8o/i5RqvSjQo3wM4_osY3Gvcr89T2JCWHhXACLcBGAs/s1600/Fendlen.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ksm9wLiZcGI/W2cC0JbX_xI/AAAAAAAAE8s/RpvaCQSdYbgHcmqsvJNod-1rYaCWKdIsQCLcBGAs/s1600/Fendlen1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="34" data-original-width="253" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ksm9wLiZcGI/W2cC0JbX_xI/AAAAAAAAE8s/RpvaCQSdYbgHcmqsvJNod-1rYaCWKdIsQCLcBGAs/s1600/Fendlen1.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-keEnGcxj5x8/W2cDAUAG_AI/AAAAAAAAE80/olWlUsPyGIUz52ZWXz9VL2fDPPYAwI6jgCLcBGAs/s1600/Fendlen2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="328" data-original-width="1600" height="65" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-keEnGcxj5x8/W2cDAUAG_AI/AAAAAAAAE80/olWlUsPyGIUz52ZWXz9VL2fDPPYAwI6jgCLcBGAs/s320/Fendlen2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-L8L6_HlRFVc/W2cDAW9iTpI/AAAAAAAAE8w/DMbFoI_y7VwrHRI-Sm9QVjZnJWloyhGbQCLcBGAs/s1600/Fendlen3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="190" data-original-width="890" height="68" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-L8L6_HlRFVc/W2cDAW9iTpI/AAAAAAAAE8w/DMbFoI_y7VwrHRI-Sm9QVjZnJWloyhGbQCLcBGAs/s320/Fendlen3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />http://lostmedalsaustralia.blogspot.com/2018/08/patrick-felden.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Glyn Llanwarne)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4192199024815760901.post-5681761415499446868Fri, 20 Jul 2018 15:44:00 +00002018-07-21T04:01:30.409+10:00Australian Service Medal 1939-45Henry Agnew.This search started with an email from LCDR Tim C from the Royal Australian Navy who had received the Australian Service Medal 1939-45 awarded to <a href="http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?serviceId=N&amp;veteranId=1084648">19669 Henry Norman Agnew</a>, RAN. The circumstances how Tim received the medal was slightly strange but I have heard similar stories before.<br />The medal was sent to Tim by the daughter of Norman Andrew Agnew who had found Henry's medal mixed in with Norman's medals. Very kindly, she wanted to see Henry's medal with the right family. It is easy to see how the mix up occurred when the medals were originally dispatched. Although, I do wonder where Norman's ASM is?<br />The search for Henry's family proved rather tricky. There were only a few mentions of Henry in public records. These include his WWII RAN service card, which really provided no usable information, a date of death and two electoral roll entries. From the electoral roll I knew he lived in Gundagai in the late 1950s and his wife was Victoria Gladys Agnew. I found Victoria's headstone which confirmed she died in 1990 and with no children mentioned I had to assume there was no direct descendant.<br />It was the link to Gundagai that cracked this search open. The NSW BDM entry for Henry's death in Gundagai gave me his parent's names, Albert Frederick and Amelia Elizabeth. Using this data in the births search page I found the name of Henry's sister, Bronwen. After that is was easy. Albert, Amelia and Bronwen appear in an Ancestry family tree owned by Bronwen's grandson Gary. This makes Gary, Henry's great nephew.&nbsp; <br />I've now connected Tim and Gary and the medal will soon be returned to Henry's family.<br />The returned medal tally is now 2235.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EtyAfiOyxsY/W1H7FlpayjI/AAAAAAAAE8M/jTP19Ee5CXo4cFDg2DSpsEkhJqYbO0kDQCLcBGAs/s1600/20180720_075548.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="1024" height="180" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EtyAfiOyxsY/W1H7FlpayjI/AAAAAAAAE8M/jTP19Ee5CXo4cFDg2DSpsEkhJqYbO0kDQCLcBGAs/s320/20180720_075548.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />http://lostmedalsaustralia.blogspot.com/2018/07/henry-agnew.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Glyn Llanwarne)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4192199024815760901.post-7476208723932933920Tue, 17 Jul 2018 15:32:00 +00002018-07-18T01:35:24.620+10:00Two more medals returned<div class="x_MsoNormal">Two great results by Bill, but......</div><div class="x_MsoNormal"></div><div class="x_MsoNormal">By now regular readers of our blog are, as they often comment, fascinated by the research, let alone the time that goes into returning medals. However, I must admit nothing seems to annoy (if that is the right word) them is when Glyn and I merely report that ‘the medals have been returned’.</div><div class="x_MsoNormal">Of the following two returns, one involved the recipients family, while the other the Victorian Police. In one case we have chosen to respect the privacy of a family, in the other a series of outstanding matters, preclude our commenting.</div><div class="x_MsoNormal">However Leslie’s family can thank Jaunita at Rosebud RSL. While Stephen can, if he hasn’t already done so, can thank Sergeant Rhian Kelly of the South Melbourne Police Station.</div><div class="x_MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="x_MsoNormal">The returned medal tally is now 2234.</div><div class="x_MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RDoGy7n0hAk/W04LUY3TeTI/AAAAAAAAE74/8dQcHkzj7FwSb8cwn3nhkKklD8oLm04AwCLcBGAs/s1600/adm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="878" data-original-width="522" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RDoGy7n0hAk/W04LUY3TeTI/AAAAAAAAE74/8dQcHkzj7FwSb8cwn3nhkKklD8oLm04AwCLcBGAs/s320/adm.jpg" width="190" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3468Db5QsGs/W04MAppBpTI/AAAAAAAAE8A/J_m52qhgROUXc0wvbuNYKhRtQ7aJn1d7wCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_6046.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3468Db5QsGs/W04MAppBpTI/AAAAAAAAE8A/J_m52qhgROUXc0wvbuNYKhRtQ7aJn1d7wCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_6046.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="x_MsoNormal"><br /></div>http://lostmedalsaustralia.blogspot.com/2018/07/two-more-medals-retruned.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Glyn Llanwarne)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4192199024815760901.post-359552812101861835Sun, 15 Jul 2018 16:12:00 +00002018-07-16T02:12:19.411+10:00Norman FaulksAnother collaboration with Gavin G of Brisbane to return a dog tag that he found. This time it belonged to&nbsp; <a href="http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?serviceId=A&amp;veteranId=512232">VX110377 Norman William Faulks</a>.<br />The returned medal tally is now 2232.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zuCLtuZ6ZW8/W0tyTp7qZMI/AAAAAAAAE7s/g6SPyc7R4q4VlUYzizkN9InaEKtY7WEyACLcBGAs/s1600/faulks.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="373" data-original-width="280" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zuCLtuZ6ZW8/W0tyTp7qZMI/AAAAAAAAE7s/g6SPyc7R4q4VlUYzizkN9InaEKtY7WEyACLcBGAs/s320/faulks.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br />http://lostmedalsaustralia.blogspot.com/2018/07/norman-faulks.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Glyn Llanwarne)0